Wheel Bearing

briantwigley

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My front nearside wheel bearing has gone, I have ordered a replacement that appears to be an entire assembly that will just bolt on rather than pressing out the bearing.

How easy are these to fit? Not done one before.

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Mine was done by someone else, and they said it was a pita to do, seeing my hub after they had to beat the poop out of it lol
 
Looks similar to the b6 took me an hour or so last time I did one.
 
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The bearings are supplied in a carrier that does look like it's just bolts on.
However the wheel hub is pressed into the bearing and it really needs a hydraulic press to get the hub out and a new one pressed in.
People have done this without a press but I personally took mine to a garage and I watched the guy struggling with a 10T press trying to split the bearing and hub, they didn't want to come apart. The hub is then pressed into the new bearing.
http://www.a5oc.com/forums/a5-s5-topics/105842-s5-wheel-bearing-replacement.html
 
Thats not good news, I wanted to do it myself.. I could just take the hub into the garage and do the rest myself. Thanks for the link
 
It has probably been mentioned on this forum many times already, but here it is once again, all these cars, and probably most modern devices are being fitted with what is effectively a second generation of bearings, these bearings known as GEN2 require a different technique to fit them successfully and so GEN2 bearing tool kits have been evolved. Gone are the days when nothing much more than a large hammer and some large chisels would deal with any bearing changes - and no bearing damage would result!

Edit:- which is probably why quite a few cars end up with problems when it comes to people then replacing front pads as the wrongly/badly fitted new bearing has started to walk out of the hub, and people complain that one of their new pads is too thick!
 
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Yeah I think when I stick the car in for its MOT i'll just get it done then, I don't want to cause damage, perhaps if it was my old £1000 golf I'd have had a go.
 
Yes the "good old days" of getting my Ford Escort drive shaft out and walking down to my local Ford agent to get my supplied bearing fitted for small money are well over, actually these newer designs of bearings are probably more up to the job and with a lot less weight and friction.
 
done my second one couple of months ago on this car not a bad job to do if your ok on the tools but a press or a puller kit is deff required for removing the hub and bearing and a vice and a chissel or grinder too as when you get the bearing off the inner race ( not sure on spelling ) will need removed from the hub and the new bearing pressed or pulled onto the hub

theres nothing special about main dealers or indis there just people same as us its just a matter of having the right tools and knowlage or instructions and taking your time, personally id rather do it myself than take the risk of having someone just out there time if even who prob doesnt give a crap about my car changing bits and charging me a forture for it
 
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I've done various bits on my cars in the past, changed the intercooler on my mk4 Golf, changed wings etc. However since the car did cost me so much I don't want to risk bodging it like I may well have done before...

I'll stick it in the garage and get the MOT done after. Might well have bought the Bilstein B12 shocks/springs set by then too... :whistle2:
 
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Have a look at Ebay from Germany for the cheapest B12 kits. That's where I got mine from ,just tick European on the search.
 
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Have a look at Ebay from Germany for the cheapest B12 kits. That's where I got mine from ,just tick European on the search.

Good shout there - could save about £50 once I find the right ones.. go towards fitting :confounded:
 
Nothing a hammer and socket wont solve lol.

Ha Ha, I think that I saw a demonstration of replacing a front wheel "GEN2" bearing on the Laser Tools website, so easy, you just fit the kit, turn around once and voila - the bearing is off/on, no dirty hands no swearing etc - if only life was so easy!
 

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